Holder for telephone-receivers.



PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903.

s.` KONIGSTEIN. HOLDER FOR TELEPHONE RECBIVBRS.

APPLIOATION FILBD DEG. 19, 1901.

NO MODBL.

UNITED STATES :PATENT FFIC;

SIGMUN D KONIGST-EIN, OF SAN -FRANCISCO, CALIFORNA.

HOLDER FOR-TELEPHONE-RECEIVERS.

SPECIFICATION formiig part of Letters Patent No. ?23, 17 1, dated March24, 1903.

Application filed December 19, 1901. Serial No. 865511. (No model.)

To (ZZ whom it may con/06771 Be it known that I, SIGMUND KONIGSTEIN, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of SanFrancisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Holdersfor Telephone-Receivers; and I hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for holding the receiverin proper relation to the ear when' an operator is using the telephone,whereby both hands of the operator may be free.- Its primary object isto afford a means for relieving the operator of the weariness andcramping of the arm often incident to the holding of the receiver in thehand when carrying on a conversation over the telephone.

My invention consists of the parts and the constructions andcombinations of parts, which I will hereinafter describe and claim.

The details of my invention will be more fully set forth herenafter,having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Fignre 1 is aplan of my invention, showing its relation to the telephone transmitter.Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a front View of the' arm whichsupports the receiver.

A represen ts the transmitter of an ordinary telephone, pivoted, asusual, at 2 and having a vertical movement wherebythe mouthpiece 3 isadapted to individuals of different height.

I have here shown my invention as used in connection with a telephoneSecured to the wall. It will be understood that it can readily beadapted to the ordinary portable-stand telephones, if desired.

An arm 4 is pivoted at 5 to a block or plate 6, which latter can easilybe secured to the wall 7 or other convenient and suitablesupport inrelation to the telephone. The outer end of this arm moves in an arc ofa circle slightly greater than' though approximately parallel with'thatof the monthpiece, whereby the receiver, which is adapted to be carriedat the end of the arm, is brought into proper relation with the ear ofthe operator. On the end of the arm 4 and movable at right anglesthereto is a short arm 8, whose movement is limited by means of thestops 9. On this short arm S are suitable means forholding the receiverofthe telephone, so that the receiver may be held against the ear of theoperator, while at the same time the operatoris enabled to speak intothe mouthpiece. These means are here shown as spring members or hooks10, which press against the barrel of the receiver 11 when the latter isplaced in these members.

The operation of the device is apparent from the foregoing description.

The arm 4 is preferably made in two sections slidable in relation toeach other or telescoping, as here shown, whereby the length of the armmaybe adjusted to transmitters of various forms and lengths. A set-screw12'se'ves to hold the parts firmly together after being properlyadjusted.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The combination in a device of the character described of an arm havinga pivotal point of support, a short arm pivoted on said firstnamed armand having an independent tilting movement at right angles thereto, lugsprojecting from the arm in the direction of its length for limiting themovement of said short arm, and means on the latter by which a receivermay be engaged and held in a substantially horizontal position. h- Inwitness whereof I have hereunto set my and.

SIGMUND KONIGSTEIN.

Witnesses:

S. H. NOURSE, J ESSIE C. BRODIE.

